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> Video evidence simply won't be admissible unless it's signed Courts today readily admit the testimony of eye-witnesses, which ware notoriously fallible. It i
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
> Video evidence simply won't be admissible unless it's signed
Courts today readily admit the testimony of eye-witnesses, which ware notoriously fallible. It is a common misconception among tech people that all systems operate in rational ways, but this is only really the case for machines.
- whatisthiseven 7y ago> It is a common misconception among tech people that all systems operate in rational ways, but this is only really the case for machines. Very elegant and concise. I would say this extends to all deeply complex fields: engineering, physicists, quant, etc. They all have a mindset of "I can understand the whole system because they have logical components that build on top of one another" and so therefore expect and demand that all other fields do the same.
- Mangalor 7y agoTo be fair, wiser engineers seek to discriminate between the rational and irrational parts of a system.
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- mrec 7y agoEye-witnesses can at least be prosecuted for perjury if they're found to be deliberately lying. It's hard to apply the same threat to a CCTV camera. Honest mistakes are obviously a separate issue, but the parallel there would be bad lighting or a corrupted recording, neither of which are new issues.
- lonelappde 7y ago"Honest" (subject to police pressure) mistakes in identifying people are vastly more common than a video accidentally showing a different face.
- fleetingmoments 7y agoA video of someone committing a crime carries far more weight than an eyewitness account currently.
- syshum 7y agoI dont know if that is really true TONS of people a convicted based on mainly eyewitness accounts, later to be released when proper evidence is found to exonerate them Most of the Innocence Project is made up of cases like that